Abstract: A cutting bit has a bit body, and a cutting element formed as a trihedron with three faces which form three rock destructing blades, so that the cutting bits can be turned to orient alternatively a respective one of the rock destructing blades in a cutting direction in the event of dulling or breaking of another one of the rock destructing blades.
Abstract: A cutting, self-rotating, and self-sharpening tool has a rotatable cutting element, generally circular, which is mounted and displaced so that cutting element has an attack angle between 90.degree. and 120.degree., and a skew angle between 5.degree. and 40.degree.. The cutting element has a convex front face and relief and rake angles that vary along the perimeter of the cutting edge.